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Plain answers about annual reports.

Deadlines, late fees, dissolution and reinstatement, state by state. Written by our filing specialists and checked against each Secretary of State’s published rules.

Featured · Late fees and penalties

Late fees, loss of good standing and dissolution, state by state, and how to put a company back on record before the state acts.

María Alvarez

Filing specialist · 5 min read · updated

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  • Late fees and penalties3 min readUpdated

    Annual report fees and late penalties by state

    What each state charges to file the annual report, from $7 to $500, and what it adds when the report is late.

  • Deadlines3 min readUpdated

    Annual report due dates in all 50 states and DC

    Every state’s due-date rule for LLCs and corporations in one table: fixed dates, formation-month anniversaries and two-year cycles.

  • Reinstatement2 min readUpdated

    How to reinstate a dissolved LLC

    What administrative dissolution means, what reinstatement asks for in most states, what it costs and how long it takes.

  • Running a company2 min readUpdated

    What is good standing, and how do you keep it?

    What good standing means on the state’s record, who asks for proof of it, how to get a certificate and how a company loses it.

  • Deadlines3 min readUpdated

    Wisconsin annual report deadlines: which quarter is yours?

    Wisconsin reports are due by the end of the calendar quarter the company was formed in. How to find your quarter, the fee and what happens if it is late.